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- Dragon Age series creator David Gaider dismissed the idea that The Veilguard would “wake up” the series.
- Gaider labeled the people promoting this criticism as “tourists,” implying that the Dragon Age franchise has always been “woke.”
The criticism of Dragon Age: The Veil Guard ‘woke’ is uninformed, series creator David Gaider has suggested, labeling those who promote it as ‘tourists’. His refutation is just the latest development in the culture wars that have been taking place recently Dragon Age game.
Several popular online boards including The Veil Guard‘s Steam Discussions forum, have been inundated with criticism lately about the fourth entry in the long-running franchise being “woke.” Some of the posters who contributed to this wave of complaints appear to have taken issue with this Dragon Age: The Veil Guard‘s companions are canonically pansexual, arguing that this attempt to offer diverse romantic options robs them of their personality. Others seem annoyed by the various characters in the game for various reasons.
Dragon Age creator says series has always been ‘Woke’
Dragon Age Series creator David Gaider recently chose to respond to some of these complaints by noting how “the usual suspects are upset about how ‘woke’ the new Dragon Age is, a seemingly sudden and unexpected development in the series.” Echoing this line of thought, the industry veteran called the people spreading this sentiment “f*****g tourists” in a recent Bluesky post. The label was meant to imply that these critics falsely present themselves as Dragon Age fans, who would know that the series could have been categorized as “woke” from its very first entry, which debuted in 2009.
In a subsequent interaction with another Bluesky user, Gaider clarified that he has no problem with people liking or disliking what they’ve seen from the upcoming film. Dragon Age game so far. Instead, his comment was merely intended to refute the idea that The Veil Guard introduces a new level of ‘wokeness’ to the franchise
Apparently the usual suspects are upset about how “woke” the new Dragon Age is, a seemingly sudden and unexpected development in the series. F*****g tourists.
While the Dragon Age series has always been fairly inclusive; it began before the word “woke” was even part of the widespread English vernacular, and long before it was adopted as a sarcastic pejorative for anything perceived as progressive. This might help explain why the first three major episodes weren’t as polarizing, as they debuted at a time when these kinds of widespread online culture wars simply didn’t exist.
Dragon Age: The Veil Guard will hit the market on October 31, when it will launch on PC as well as the current generation of Xbox and PlayStation consoles. Although Gaider has been quite vocal lately about his views on the game and the broader perception surrounding it, he was not involved in The Veil Guard‘s development when he left BioWare in 2016.
